quote: The Catholic bishops of Colorado learned recently of the deaths of Lori Stodghill and her two unborn children, which took place at St. Thomas More Hospital in Cañon City, Colo. in 2006. We wish to extend our solidarity and sympathy to Lori’s husband Jeremy, and her daughter, Elizabeth. Please be assured of our ongoing prayers.

From the moment of conception, human beings are endowed with dignity and with fundamental rights, the most foundational of which is life.

Catholics and Catholic institutions have the duty to protect and foster human life, and to witness to the dignity of the human person—particularly to the dignity of the unborn. No Catholic institution may legitimately work to undermine fundamental human dignity.

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The Catholic bishops of Colorado are not able to comment on ongoing legal disputes. However, we will undertake a full review of this litigation, and of the policies and practices of Catholic Health Initiatives to ensure fidelity and faithful witness to the teachings of the Catholic Church.

re: Catholic hospital argues that a fetus is not a person (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:14 pm to foshizzle)

quote:This story is about what a hospital that happens to be owned by a Catholic-affiliated organization is doing.

What does "Cathoilic affiliated" mean? Is the hospital a private hospital owned by the Catholic church? If so, they answer to the Catholic church. If they're not owned by the Catholic church then you have a point. So, does the church own the hospital?

re: Catholic hospital argues that a fetus is not a person (Posted on 1/26/13 at 10:24 pm to L.A.)

I don't think catholic doctrine applies here this is a legal issue because you sue using the law and not opinion you can't argue opinion you must argue the law the law sees the fetus as a non-person I believe in every state so the plantif have no legal grounds to sue the hospital for any more then 1 person so it would seem legally the lawyers did the correct thing. Ill leave it up to the bishops to decide if they did the wrong thing in the eyes of god because I'm not sure. But legally they are spot on.

re: Catholic hospital argues that a fetus is not a person (Posted on 1/27/13 at 7:05 am to catholictigerfan)

quote:I don't disagree this would be a good opritunity to tabs up for life but legally they can win it and I don't know if purposely losing an argument is a good sacrifice or just stupid

Frankly, CNN and others are more than a little pathetic in raising the issue at all.

The expectation is that health services will be provided within domestic law. In some cases those legal constraints encumber care. In others they constitute care restriction. They may have in fact contributed to outcome in this case. However, when the organization presents its actions as within the law, it is savaged by anti-religious, anti-Catholic dweebs.